RNA-Seq data
We searched the NCBI SRA database with the term “insecticide resistance,” yielding a total of 94 RNA-Seq datasets. We downloaded nine RNA-Seq datasets of three P. xylostella populations (CHS, ZZ, and CHR) and six RNA-Seq datasets from two A. gossypiipopulations (NS and KR) for further analysis. CHS is a sensitive population while ZZ and CHR populations are resistant to chlorantraniliprole with a resistance level 42-fold and 65-fold (Zhu, Xu, Shi, Gao, & Liang, 2017). NS is a sensitive population while KR is resistant to neonicotinoids with a resistance level 23.8- to 394-fold (K. Hirata, Jouraku, Kuwazaki, Shimomura, & Iwasa, 2017).